[Aunt Phillis’s Cabin by Mary H. Eastman]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Phillis’s Cabin CHAPTER XXIV 21/23
The disease was fearfully rapid, and soon ended her life.
She was, I think, well prepared to go.
Her solemn and affectionate farewell to her husband cannot fail to make an impression upon him. "I shall have a great deal to tell you of her when you return.
The past winter has been a sad one; a constant coolness existing between her and her husband.
A short time ago he was brutally striking that faithful old man of her father's, Robert, and Mrs. Kent interfered, insisting upon Robert's returning to his cabin, and in his presence forbidding Mr.Kent again to raise his hand against one servant on the plantation; Mr.Carter's will, allowing Mr.Kent no authority over his servants, and commending them to his daughter's kindness and care, showed great discrimination of character.
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